Brianna, 9, of the North Florida Survival Group hands an AK-47 rifle to Jim Foster, 57, the group's leader, before heading out to conduct enemy contact drills during a field training exercise in Old Town, Florida.Photo: REUTERS

If a catastrophic event like a natural disaster, terrorist attack or nuclear holocaust threatens the survival of the United States, one group says they will be ready.

Shocking photos out today show children as young as nine learning how to operate AK-47s and teach them how “to survive in order to protect and defend our Constitution against all enemy threats.”